History Hacker: On Your TV Tonight!
About a year ago, I started down the road to developing a TV show to explore historic inventions. Tonight my TV pilot, History Hacker, will be on TV! It's is all about exploring technological history by hacking the inventions of the past. If you can, I'd love it if you can watch it with your kids! While making it, I …
Making Stencil and Yam Prints with Lotta Jansdotter
Lotta Jansdotter just came out with a book about printing called Lotta Prints. I caught up with her at her Brooklyn studio and she showed me some tips and tricks for using stencils and yams to make prints! MP4 | Blip.tv | Youtube | Howcast | Subscribe in iTunes Lotta has created a bunch of stencils that you can rip …
Getting Started in Video: Pushing the Red Button
You've got a video camera...what next?The basic idea is to put something in front of the camera and push the red button, but there's a lot more. This video is just a few tips and tricks to get you on your way. The main thing is to just start making videos and then each one will get better and better. If you're going to go …
Getting Started in Video: Camera Choices
There is something special about video that you can't get from writing or photographs. Seeing someone on video is more personal. I really want to see more links to videos on the Etsy site, so I'm starting up this tutorial series to get you started making your own videos. Making videos gives the world a chance …
Etsy How-to: Make a Miniature Moustache
This week, Christine (aka iheartmoustaches) breaks it on down and shows us how to use #6 plastic to create miniature moustaches! (Christine has made a bunch of these in the past, as she is a lover of the moustache in all its various forms.) #6 plastic is not recycleable in New York and so this is a great way to upcycle …
Kelly Turns Your Grandma into a Knitting Machine
When I first heard about knitting machines, I was skeptical. Then I heard about a model that could connect to a computer and I had to have one. Kelly breaks it on down here, giving you an intro into the world of machine knitting. This was filmed at NYCResistor, a hacker space here in Brooklyn. I love the close up …
Making Eco Friendly Bags with Burda Style
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music by Barry London ) The next time you're asked if you want a paper or plastic bag at the grocery store, you will be able to politely decline and then put your goodies in this handmade shopping bag. Strut out of the store with DIY pride! Our friends at BurdaStyle gave us …
About Us: New Member of the Storque Team, Bre Pettis
We're excited to announce that "silver fox/MacGyver chimera" Bre Pettis, our friend and neighbor, will be joining the Storque Team here at Etsy. We've known Bre for quite some time, as MAKE used to share space with us at the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn (Phil Torrone of the MAKE NYC outpost and Burdastyle are now just …
MAKE & Etsy How-To: Hungry like the Wolf for Handmade Projects
People, you must check out this How-to video from MAKE. You may be frightened…But you will also be charmed. Matt collaborated with Bre here at the Labs (MAKE shares space with us at our Brooklyn office). They did a special screen printing project wherein they embedded audio, light and, well, magic into a custom …
very lovely creations, made me smile:)!
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Those origami shoes are really neat!
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Those origami shoes are very neat!
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Those origami shoes are the neatest!
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Those origami shoes are great!
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Great choices!
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